Some American academics argue that the U.S. and Europe should offer refuge to Russian soldiers who defect and surrender. Could it even work?
since the withdrawal last summer are in the country under humanitarian parole.
It’s also possible, although not likely, that Congress could act to welcome Russian military defectors. “This is the sort of thing that is just common sense. It’s not a left wing idea or a right wing idea,” Kuran tells TIME. “We we may have a short window. It could be that Russia…is planning to dramatically escalate using much heavier weapons, much more lethal bombardment, to win the war at all costs. At the moment, it’s not doing that.
Somin adds that there’s nothing intrinsic to the plan that makes it appeal to either side of the aisle. “It’s a cheap and easy way to degrade the Russian military,” he says. While the idea appears to have caught the imagination of social media pundits, it’s not close to becoming policy. A White House official told TIME that he is not aware of any new plans in the works.
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